It is not the first time that Sheriff Ivey has sought to exert his influence beyond his role as the county’s chief law enforcement officer. Over the last several years, Ivey has inserted himself into various non-policing debates, from emergency management to selecting candidates for public office to involvement in county politics over children’s services, mask mandates and other issues.
Education officials and concerned parents addressed comments Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey made last month outside a prison demanding harsher student discipline.
Following the election of 25 out of 30 school board candidates endorsed by fascistic Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, school boards across Florida begin firing superintendents who previously enforced school mask mandates in 2021.